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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Insecta > Pterygota > Neoptera > Holometabola > Diptera > Glossinidae

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Glossinidae  

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  • a family of Diptera occurring only in Africa; /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted; do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111

Scope note

  • A family of the order DIPTERA that includes the TSETSE FLIES. These flies occur only in Africa.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018429

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